Obituaries 07/25/2002
Ima J. Pritt
Ima J. Pritt, age 84, of Droop, died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Pocahontas Center.
The daughter of the late William Henry and Lucy Caroline Scott Kershner, she was born February 8, 1918, on Droop.
Mrs. Pritt was a former nurse's aide and a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Droop.
Her husband, Elbert E. Pritt, is deceased. Also preceding her in death were her son, Roger E. Pritt, four sisters, Sadie Walkup, June McDowell, Hilda Kershner, and Della McDaniel; three brothers, Stoner Kershner, Snowden Kershner, and George Kershner.
She is survived by a daughter, Shirley Niemiec, of Virginia Beach, Virginia; a brother, Wendell Kershner, of Dayton, Ohio; two great-grandchildren and one step-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at VanReenen Funeral Home by the Rev. Dan Arbogast. Burial was in Sunset Cemetery at Jacox.
Memorial gifts may be made to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Droop, WV 24946.
- - -
Bobby F. Tincher
Bobby F. Tincher, age 49, of Buckeye, died Sunday, July 21, 2002, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
He was a construction worker and a member of the Cook Town Community Church.
The son of Betty Lane Tincher, of Buckeye, and the late Elmer Tincher, Sr., he was born November 3, 1952, at Marlinton.
Survivors include his mother, three sons, Bobby L. Tincher, of Hillsboro, Dale Tincher, of Buckeye, and Steven Tincher, of Frost; three sisters, Carolyn Sue Irvine and Priscilla Slaven, both of Marlinton, and Belinda Doyle, of Slaty Fork; a brother, Elmer Tincher, Jr., of Clintonville; and two grandchildren.
His father and a brother, David W. Tincher, preceded him in death.
Graveside services in Oak Grove Cemetery at Hillsboro will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. by Bill Hermon.
Visitation Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
- - -
Thurman E. Shinaberry
Thurman E. Shinaberry, age 70, of Beaver Creek, Rt. 82, Marlinton, died Friday, July 19, 2002, at Beckley Veterans Hospital.
Mr. Shinaberry served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Huntersville.
Born February 8, 1932, at Clover Lick, he was the son of the late Dell and Anna Landis Shinaberry.
He is survived by two daughters, Brenda Shinaberry Spain, of Alabaster, Alabama, and Sandra Jean Shinaberry, of Montevalla, Alabama; three sisters, Shirley Shinaberry, of Mill Point, Monda Mason, of Martinsburg, and Dorothy Fendt, of Baltimore, Maryland; a brother, Gray Shinaberry, of Marlinton; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services were held at the First Baptist Church in Huntersville on Wednesday by the Rev. Jerry Moore.
- - -
Audaline C. Green
Audaline C. Green, age 76, of Arlington, Virginia, died June 28, 2002.
She was born June 13, 1926, at Raywood.
She is survived by her son, Stephen Green, of Arlington, Virginia, and one brother, Kyle Carpenter, of Marlinton.
Mrs. Green was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Ward Green, of Arlington; a son, Charles E. Green, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; three brothers, Clarence Carpenter, of Marlinton, Robert Carpenter, of Woodbridge, Virginia, and Sterl Carpenter, of Marlinton.
Services were held at Arlington Funeral Home with burial at the National Memorial Park.
- - -
William Pierce
William Pierce, 68, head of the National Alliance, died Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at the organization's headquarters near Mill Point following a short illness with cancer.
According to National Alliance spokesman Bob DeMarias, Pierce became ill about five weeks ago and cancer was found early this month. After it was determined his disease was untreatable, he returned to Mill Point on Friday.
Survivors include two sons and one brother.
DeMarias said funeral and burial plans are incomplete but will be private.
?
